GameTable Online plans to make Axis & Allies and at least some of its other online versions of games published by Wizards of the Coast available on the social network site Facebook. "We haven't finalized the order in which they will appear (or the precise dates) but A&A is high on the list," said Jay Adan, GTO's director of marketing. "I love our current implementation of Axis & Allies, but imagine having the ability to play that game like you can play GTO Backgammon on Facebook -- asymmetrically or live. A&A is a game that really begs for that kind of flexibility and GameTable Online has always been about trying to give people more opportunities to play the games that they love."

Adan said that GTO plans to add some non-WotC games to Facebook as well. "The short answer is yes," he said. However, "there is some work involved in doing the transition from GTO to Facebook, especially for some of the older games. So, priorities for which will get moved over will depend on the ease in which we can do it and whether or not specific publishers come forward to express interest in helping to offset the costs involved in doing the transition."

Some of the games available on GTO may not be suited for the Facebook platform, particularly those in which opponents can interrupt the current player's turn. Games like that, Adan said, "can bog down as each player needs to decide if they want to interrupt, then the current player has to respond to the interruption. A single turn could take days or weeks." GTO is working to address that problem, but it may not always be possible.

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After more than 5.6 million votes were cast, Montreal has replaced Boardwalk in a new international edition of Monopoly known as Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. Scheduled to go on sale in 50 countries on Tuesday, August 26, Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition was designed after a worldwide vote in early 2008 to determine which cities would be included on the board. Montreal received the most votes, thus earning its spot on the board's most expensive property. Riga, the capital of Latvia, finished in second place and will occupy the spot of Park Place. Read more about Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition to see what other cities are represented.

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